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      Huntsville Oral Histories is an initiative between the Huntsville Public Library, the Muskoka Parry Sound Genealogy Group and the Huntsville and Area Historical Society. The goal of the project is to record the stories and histories of long time residents of Huntsville.

      There is a list giving the date, speaker, and a precis of the lecture topic for each audio cassette.

      Accruals: No further accruals are expected. There are a few records in Italian. "Stalking the Holy" was also a 3-part series on the CBC Radio's Ideas program. They aired in February and March, 2006.

      No further accruals are expected. Related records : Photographs of St. Jerome's Centre events are included in the series St. Jerome's College photographs. See also the St. Jerome's Centre for Responsible Citizenship for records after 2008. Duplicate and triplicate copies of publicity brochures are on bookshelf.

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      Accruals: Further accruals are expected. The dates for the records are not inclusive: there are records for 1969-1992 and then very few records for the 1990's and 2000's.

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      See also President's Office Records for Douglas Letson (125th Anniversary Committee) Accruals: Further accruals are expected.

      Further accruals are expected. Series descriptions are available. Older records are in fragile condition.

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      Stuart Flavelle recounts to Doug Tangney the story of the Flavelle family in Lindsay. According to Mr. Flavelle, his family first came to Lindsay around 1860 when his great-uncle, J.R. Dundas came to run a store in Lindsay for Claxton’s of Peterborough. Mr. Flavelle’s father and another uncle followed. He …

      Broadcast announcers were Wyn McNabb (wife of Peter McNabb, owner of radio station CKLY) and Bob Eakins.

      Mrs. Hopkins talks to Doug Tangney about the early years in the Burnt River area. Again, there is no introduction and a female voice, presumably Mrs. Hopkins, begins her story. Her father was a lumber buyer for the Carews and her mother kept the farm; it was near Fell’s Station. …

      Jack Lightbody talks to Doug Tangney about the history of Ontario Hydro, provincially and locally. He addresses the incorporation of Ontario Hydro and the many changes that it has undergone since 1906. He talks about the history of power generation in the town of Lindsay beginning with Needler, Sadler and …

      Norm McConnell talks to Doug Tangney about life on Sturgeon Lake and McConnell’s Island. He talks about his family’s ownership of McConnell’s Island, logging and milling on the lake, the various sawmills, fishing, “Jackson” the hermit, boating and using the frozen lake for transportation in winter. This conversation only lasts …

      Mrs. McIntosh speaks to Doug Tangney of the Rosedale/Fenelon Falls area. She talks about logging in the area and the chemical mill; her youth and schooling and being the first woman to work in a bank in Fenelon Falls. The conversation ends ½ way through the first side.

      Mr. Nokes was a long-time resident of the Manilla area. He speaks knowledgably and interestingly of pioneering, farming and machinery and barn-raising in the area. Side A: 31 minutes

      Dr. Parker has written down his story (February 1977) and reads from it to Doug Tangney. He speaks of his early memories of visiting Lindsay and then coming to Lindsay to attend L.C.I.; the Depression years in Lindsay; the unsanitary conditions at local schools. He made it clear that he …